Police: Illegal immigrants held for ransom in SW Houston

05:50 PM CDT on Friday, June 5, 2009

HOUSTON – Houston Police are searching for two people suspected of holding nine immigrants for ransom at a Southwest Houston apartment complex.

The crime was discovered after two of the illegal immigrants jumped out of a window and called police.

The alleged coyotes fled from the Bennington Square Apartments on West Bellfort.

Authorities say that the immigrants were from Honduras and that they had been held for four days while the coyotes asked their families for ransom money.

The immigrants are now in ICE custody.

The search continues for the coyotes who got away.


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